Service transmission and service configuration sending methods and devices, storage medium, terminal, and base station

ABSTRACT

Service transmission and service configuration sending methods and devices, a storage medium, a terminal, and a base station provided. The service transmission method includes: receiving service configuration information, wherein the service configuration information comprises a correspondence between a service and a quantity of times of data transmission or a correspondence between the service and a quantity of times of data retransmission; and transmitting a candidate service data packet based on the service configuration information.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

The is the national stage of International Application No.PCT/CN2020/077915, filed on Mar. 5, 2020. Priority under 35 U.S.C. §119(a) and 35 U.S.C. § 365(b) is claimed from Chinese Patent ApplicationNo. 201910223926.X, filed on Mar. 22, 2019, and entitled “SERVICETRANSMISSION AND SERVICE CONFIGURATION SENDING METHODS AND DEVICES,STORAGE MEDIUM, TERMINAL, AND BASE STATION”, the entire disclosure ofwhich is also incorporated herein by reference.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present disclosure relates to the field of wireless communicationtechnology, and in particular to a service transmission method, aservice transmission device, a method for sending service configuration,a device for sending service configuration, storage medium, a terminaland a base station.

BACKGROUND

Information exchange between a vehicle and the outside world (Vehicle toX, called as V2X for short, which may also called as vehicle toeverything) is a key technology of a future intelligent transportationsystem. A main research focus on a vehicle data transmission schemebased on the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (called as 3GPP forshort) communication protocol. V2X communications includes Vehicle toVehicle (called as V2V for short) communications, Vehicle toInfrastructure (called as V2I for short) communications, and Vehicle toPedestrian (called as V2P for short) communications. V2X applicationsimprove driving safety, reduce congestion and vehicle energyconsumption, improve a traffic efficiency and in-vehicle entertainmentinformation or the like.

In the Long Term Evolution (called as LTE for short) communicationsystem, V2X communication is based on broadcast communication and adoptsa “one-to-all” communication mode. In this communication mode, areceiving terminal does not need to feed back to a sending terminalwhether the data is received successfully. If transmission for once isinsufficient to meet a reliability requirement of a service, the sendingterminal may retransmit a data packet based on a preset quantity oftimes without feedback information.

In a New Radio (called as NR for short) communication system of thefifth-generation mobile communication technology (5th-Generation, calledas 5G for short), unicast V2X communication is introduced and a“one-to-one” communication mode is adopted. In this case, by HybridAutomatic Repeat reQuest (called as HARQ for short)ACKnowledgement/Non-ACKnowledgement (called as ACK/NACK for short)mechanism, the receiving terminal can feed back to the sending terminalwhether the data is received successfully. ACKnowledgement (ACK)indicates that the data is received successfully, andNon-ACKnowledgement (NACK) indicates that the data is not receivedsuccessfully. If the data is not received successfully, the sendingterminal may perform retransmission. Compared with retransmissionwithout feedback information, retransmission with feedback informationimproves a resource utilization.

Although retransmission can increase a probability of successful datatransmission and improve reliabilities of V2X services, not all V2Xservices require retransmission. Different V2X services have differentreliability requirements. In other words, there are services with highreliability requirements and services with low reliability requirementsin V2X. For some V2X services, retransmission is not required, andtransmission for once can meet the reliability requirements of theservices. For other services, they may require retransmission for once,retransmission for twice, or even retransmission for three times or fourtimes.

In a case that the sending terminal only sends services with lowreliability requirements, the retransmission is redundant, which mayresult in a decrease in resource utilization. Therefore, redundantretransmissions need to be avoided.

SUMMARY

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method for avoiding theredundant retransmission of data in V2X communication.

A service transmission method is provided according to an embodiment ofthe present disclosure. The service transmission method includes:receiving service configuration information, where the serviceconfiguration information includes a correspondence between a serviceand a quantity of times of data transmission or a correspondence betweenthe service and a quantity of times of data retransmission; andtransmitting a candidate service data packet based on the serviceconfiguration information.

In some embodiment, the service transmission method further includes:recording, by a counter, a quantity of times that the candidate servicedata packet is transmitted.

In some embodiment, the recording, by a counter, a quantity of timesthat the candidate service data packet is transmitted includes: settinga count value of the counter to 0 when the candidate service data packetis transmitted for the first time; and increasing the count value of thecounter by one when the candidate service data packet is retransmittedonce.

In some embodiment, the service configuration information includes thecorrespondence between a service and a quantity of times of datatransmission, and the recording, by a counter, a quantity of times thatthe candidate service data packet is transmitted includes: determining amaximum of times of transmission of the candidate service data packetbased on the correspondence between a service and a quantity of times ofdata transmission; setting a count value of the counter to the maximumof times of transmission when the candidate service data packet istransmitted for the first time; and decreasing the count value of thecounter by one when the candidate service data packet is retransmittedonce.

In some embodiment, the service configuration information includes thecorrespondence between a service and a quantity of times of dataretransmission, and the recording, by a counter, a quantity of timesthat the candidate service data packet is transmitted includes:determining a maximum of times of retransmission of the candidateservice data packet based on the correspondence between a service and aquantity of times of data retransmission; setting a count value of thecounter to the maximum of times of retransmission when the candidateservice data packet is transmitted for the first time; and decreasingthe count value of the counter by one when the candidate service datapacket is retransmitted once.

In some embodiment, the service transmission method further includes:instructing a receiving terminal to send confirmation information to abase station, to make the receiving terminal send confirmationinformation generated by the receiving terminal to the base station, ina case that the count value of the counter meets a preset condition; orgenerating confirmation information and sending the confirmationinformation to the base station, in a case that the count value of thecounter meets the preset condition.

In some embodiment, the service transmission method further includes:emptying an HARQ buffer occupied by an HARQ process corresponding to thecandidate service data packet, in a case that the count value of thecounter meets a preset condition.

In some embodiment, the service transmission method further includes:releasing, if a transmission resource is a retransmission resource of anHARQ process corresponding to the candidate service data packet, thetransmission resource in a case that the count value of the countermeets a preset condition.

In some embodiment, the service transmission method further includes:sending sidelink control information to a receiving terminal.

In some embodiment, before sending the sidelink control information tothe receiving terminal, the service transmission method furtherincludes: setting a time gap between initial transmission andretransmission in the sidelink control information to 0 or a timeinterval between a current transmission resource and a next newtransmission resource, in a case that the count value of the countermeets a preset condition.

In order to solve the above technical problem, a method for sendingservice configuration is provided according to an embodiment of thepresent disclosure. The method includes: configuring serviceconfiguration information, where the service configuration informationincludes a correspondence between a service and a quantity of times ofdata transmission or a correspondence between the service and a quantityof times of data retransmission; and sending the service configurationinformation.

A service transmission device is provided according to an embodiment ofthe present disclosure. The service transmission device includes: areceiving circuitry, configured to receive service configurationinformation, where the service configuration information includes acorrespondence between a service and a quantity of times of datatransmission or a correspondence between the service and a quantity oftimes of data retransmission; and a configuration circuitry, configuredto transmit a candidate service data packet based on the serviceconfiguration information.

A device for sending service configuration is provided according to anembodiment of the present disclosure. The device for sending serviceconfiguration includes: a configuration circuitry, configured toconfigure service configuration information, where the serviceconfiguration information includes a correspondence between a serviceand a quantity of times of data transmission or a correspondence betweenthe service and a quantity of times of data retransmission; and asending circuitry, configured to send the service configurationinformation.

A signaling sending method is provided according to an embodiment of thepresent disclosure. The signaling sending method includes: determining areliability requirement of a candidate service data packet based on areliability requirement of each service included in the candidateservice data packet; and sending the reliability requirement of thecandidate service data packet.

In some embodiment, the sending the reliability requirement of thecandidate service data packet includes: sending the reliabilityrequirement of the candidate service data packet based on sidelinkcontrol information.

In some embodiment, the signaling sending method further includes:before sending the reliability requirement of the candidate service datapacket, taking a highest reliability requirement among reliabilityrequirements of all services included in the candidate service datapacket as the reliability requirement of the candidate service datapacket.

In some embodiment, the sending the reliability requirement of thecandidate service data packet includes: determining a service identifierof the candidate service data packet; and sending the service identifierof the candidate service data packet.

In some embodiment, the sending the reliability requirement of thecandidate service data packet includes: if a HARQ feedback message of areceiving terminal is forwarded to a base station, sending thereliability requirement of the candidate service data packet when theHARQ feedback message is forwarded to the base station.

In some embodiment, the sending the reliability requirement of thecandidate service data packet includes: determining a service identifierof the candidate service data packet; if a HARQ feedback message of areceiving terminal is forwarded to a base station, sending the serviceidentifier of the candidate service data packet when the HARQ feedbackmessage is forwarded to the base station, to make the base stationdetermine the reliability requirement of the candidate service datapacket.

A signaling receiving method is provided according to an embodiment ofthe present disclosure. The signaling receiving method includes:receiving a reliability requirement of a candidate service data packetsent by a sending terminal, where the reliability requirement of thecandidate service data packet is determined by the sending terminalbased on a reliability requirement of each service included in thecandidate service data packet; and sending the reliability requirementof the candidate service data packet to the base station when an HARQfeedback message is sent to the base station.

In some embodiment, the receiving a reliability requirement of acandidate service data packet sent by a sending terminal includes:receiving, based on sidelink control information, the reliabilityrequirement of the candidate service data packet sent by the sendingterminal.

In some embodiment, the reliability requirement of the candidate servicedata packet is a highest reliability requirement among reliabilityrequirements of all services included in the candidate service datapacket.

In some embodiment, the receiving a reliability requirement of acandidate service data packet sent by a sending terminal includes:receiving a service identifier of the candidate service data packet sentby the sending terminal.

In some embodiment, the sending the reliability requirement of thecandidate service data packet to the base station when an HARQ feedbackmessage is sent to the base station includes: sending the serviceidentifier of the candidate service data packet to the base station whenthe HARQ feedback message is sent to the base station, to make the basestation determine the reliability requirement of the candidate servicedata packet.

In some embodiment, the sending the reliability requirement of thecandidate service data packet to the base station when an HARQ feedbackmessage is sent to the base station includes: determining an HARQfeedback resource to be used by the HARQ feedback message based on apre-configured mapping relationship between HARQ feedback resources andreliability requirements; and sending the HARQ feedback message to thebase station by the determined HARQ feedback resource.

In some embodiment, the sending the reliability requirement of thecandidate service data packet to the base station when an HARQ feedbackmessage is sent to the base station includes: determining an HARQfeedback resource to be used by the HARQ feedback message based on apre-configured mapping relationship between service identifiers and HARQfeedback resources; and sending the HARQ feedback message to the basestation by the determined HARQ feedback resource.

A method for updating an HARQ buffer is provided according to anembodiment of the present disclosure. The method includes: determiningan HARQ process status of a candidate service data packet; and emptyingan HARQ buffer occupied by an HARQ process corresponding to thecandidate service data packet, in a case that the HARQ process status ofthe candidate service data packet is ACK.

In some embodiment, the method for updating an HARQ buffer furtherincludes: setting a time gap between initial transmission andretransmission in the SCI to 0 or a time interval between a currenttransmission resource and a next new transmission resource, in a casethat the HARQ process status of the candidate service data packet isACK; and sending the SCI.

In some embodiment, the method for updating an HARQ buffer furtherincludes: releasing, if a transmission resource is a retransmissionresource of an HARQ process corresponding to the candidate service datapacket, the transmission resource in a case that the HARQ process statusof the candidate service data packet is ACK.

A signaling sending device is provided according to an embodiment of thepresent disclosure. The signaling sending device includes: a determiningcircuitry, configured to determine a reliability requirement of acandidate service data packet based on a reliability requirement of eachservice included in the candidate service data packet; and a sendingcircuitry, configured to send the reliability requirement of thecandidate service data packet.

A signaling receiving device is provided according to an embodiment ofthe present disclosure. The signaling receiving device includes: areceiving circuitry, configured to receive a reliability requirement ofa candidate service data packet sent by a sending terminal, where thereliability requirement of the candidate service data packet isdetermined by the sending terminal based on a reliability requirement ofeach service included in the candidate service data packet; and asending circuitry, configured to send the reliability requirement of thecandidate service data packet to the base station when the sendingcircuitry sends an HARQ feedback message to the base station.

A device for updating an HARQ buffer is provided according to anembodiment of the present disclosure. The device includes: a determiningcircuitry, configured to determine an HARQ process status of a candidateservice data packet; an emptying circuitry, configured to empty an HARQbuffer occupied by an HARQ process corresponding to the candidateservice data packet, in a case that the HARQ process status of thecandidate service data packet is ACK.

A storage medium is provided according to an embodiment of the presentdisclosure. The storage medium stores computer instructions. Thecomputer instructions perform the above method when the computerinstructions are executed.

A terminal is provided according to an embodiment of the presentdisclosure. The terminal includes a memory and a processor. The memorystores computer instructions capable of being executed on the processor.The processor performs the above method when the computer instructionsare executed by the processor.

A base station is provided according to an embodiment of the presentdisclosure. The base station includes a memory and a processor. Thememory stores computer instructions capable of being executed on theprocessor. The processor performs the above method when the computerinstructions are executed by the processor.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a schematic flowchart of a service transmission methodaccording to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 2 is a schematic flowchart of a method for sending serviceconfiguration according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of signaling interaction in a typicalscenario according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of signaling interaction in a typicalscenario according to another embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 5 is a schematic flowchart of a signaling sending method accordingto an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 6 is a schematic flowchart of a signaling receiving methodaccording to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of signaling interaction in a typicalscenario according to another embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of signaling interaction in a typicalscenario according to another embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram of a method for updating an HARQ bufferaccording to another embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 10 is a schematic structural diagram of a service transmissiondevice according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 11 is a schematic structural diagram of a device for sendingservice configuration according to an embodiment of the presentdisclosure;

FIG. 12 is a schematic structural diagram of a signaling sending deviceaccording to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 13 is a schematic structural diagram of a signaling receivingdevice according to an embodiment of the present disclosure; and

FIG. 14 is a schematic structural diagram of a device for updating anHARQ buffer according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

As mentioned in the background part, when the transmitted V2X service isa service with a low reliability requirement, the retransmission may beredundant, which results in a decrease in a resource utilization.

Specifically, when data is transmitted, regardless of initialtransmission or retransmission, a transmission resource is obtainedfirstly. In NR V2X, there are two modes, i.e., mode 1 and mode 2, toobtain the transmission resource. In mode 1, a sending terminal obtainsa transmission resource from a base station, and then sends data to areceiving terminal by the obtained transmission resource. In mode 2, thesending terminal selects, by means of sensing or detecting, a resourcemeeting the demand from a set of resources for data transmission. Theresource may be a resource that is not occupied by other User Equipments(called as UE for short), or the resource may be a resource that isoccupied by other UEs but has little interference intensity.

The sending terminal may only obtain the resource for currenttransmission, or may obtain the resources required for the initialtransmission and all subsequent retransmissions at one time.

When the sending terminal sends data to the receiving terminal by theobtained resource, in addition to sending the data, the sending terminalalso sends Sidelink control information (called as SCI for short). TheSCI may carry control information related to scheduling, which is usedto instruct the receiving terminal to correctly receive data.

If the receiving terminal needs to perform feedback, feedbackinformation also needs to be carried by a radio resource. For mode 1,the resource used for feedback is usually also provided by the basestation, and for mode 2, the resource used for feedback is usually alsoselected by the sending terminal from a set of resources.

When mode 1 is adopted, the data sent by the sending terminal may bedata with a relatively low reliability requirement. If the receivingterminal does not successfully receive the data, the receiving terminalmay feed back to the sending terminal or the base station. At this time,since the base station does not know the reliability requirements of thedata, the base station may instruct the sending terminal to retransmitthe data, which results in a waste of resources and reduces a resourceutilization.

In order to solve the above technical problem, a service transmissionmethod is provided according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.The service transmission method includes: receiving serviceconfiguration information, where the service configuration informationincludes a correspondence between a service and a quantity of times ofdata transmission or a correspondence between the service and a quantityof times of data retransmission; transmitting a candidate service datapacket based on the service configuration information. In the embodimentof the present disclosure, after obtaining the service configurationinformation configured by a base station, a sending terminal learns thecorrespondence between each service and the quantity of times of datatransmission/data retransmission, and sends data based on thecorrespondence and a reliability of the candidate service data packet,thereby effectively avoiding redundant retransmissions and improving aresource utilization.

A signaling sending method is provided according to an embodiment of thepresent disclosure. The signaling sending method includes: determining areliability requirement of a candidate service data packet based on areliability requirement of each service included in the candidateservice data packet; and sending the reliability requirement of thecandidate service data packet. In the embodiment of the presentdisclosure, a terminal knows the reliability requirement of eachcandidate service data packet, and sends the reliability requirement tonotify the base station of the reliability requirement of the candidateservice data packet, then the base station determines whether toschedule a retransmission resource based on the reliability requirement,thereby providing a feasible solution for avoiding redundantretransmissions, and improving a resource utilization.

In order to make the above objectives, features and beneficial effectsof the present disclosure more apparent and understandable, specificembodiments of the present disclosure are described in detail below withreference to the accompanying drawings.

The technical solutions provided by the embodiments of the presentdisclosure are applicable to 5G communication systems, 4G communicationsystems, 3G communication systems, and various communication systemsthat are subsequently evolved.

The technical solutions provided by the embodiments of the presentdisclosure are also applicable to different network architectures,including but not limited to a relay network architecture, a dual-linknetwork architecture, and a vehicle networking communicationarchitecture.

The Base Station (called as BS for short) in the embodiment of thepresent disclosure may also be referred to as base station device, andis a device deployed in a wireless access network to provide wirelesscommunication functions. For example, devices that provide base stationfunctions in the 2G network include a Base transceiver station (calledas BTS for short) and a Base Station Controller (called as BSC forshort). Devices that provide base station functions in the 3G networkinclude a NodeB and a Radio Network Controller (called as RNC forshort). Devices that provide base station functions in the 4G networkinclude an Evolved NodeB (called as eNB for short). In a Wireless LocalArea Network (called as WLAN for short), a device that provides a basestation function is an Access Point (called as AP for short). Devicesthat provide base station functions in the 5G New Radio (called as NRfor short) include next generation Node B (gNB), and the base stationalso refers to devices that provide base station functions in a newcommunication system in the future.

The terminal (for example, the sending terminal and/or the receivingterminal) in the embodiment of the present disclosure may refer tovarious forms of User Equipment (called as UE for short), an accessterminal, a user unit, a user station, a mobile station, a MobileStation (called as MS for short), a remote station, a remote terminal, amobile device, a user terminal, a terminal equipment, a wirelesscommunication device, a user agent or a user device. The terminal devicemay also be a cellular phone, a cordless phone, a Session InitiationProtocol (called as SIP for short) phone, a Wireless Local Loop (calledas WLL for short) station, a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), ahandheld device with wireless communication functions, a computingdevices or other processing devices connected to wireless modems, anin-vehicle device, a wearable device, a terminal device in the future 5Gnetwork, or a terminal device in future evolved Public Land MobileNetwork (called as PLMN for short), which is not limited in theembodiment of the present disclosure.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, a unidirectionalcommunication link from an access network to a terminal is defined asthe downlink, and data transmitted in the downlink is downlink data, anda transmission direction of the downlink data is called as a downlinkdirection. A unidirectional communication link from the terminal to theaccess network is defined as the uplink, and data transmitted in theuplink is uplink data, and a transmission direction of the uplink datais called as an uplink direction.

It should be understood that the term “and/or” in this specification isonly an association relationship for describing associated objects, andindicates that there may be three types of relationships. For example, Aand/or B may mean that A alone exists, both A and B exist, and B aloneexists. In addition, the character “/” in this specification indicatesthat the associated objects before the character “/” and after thecharacter “/” are in an “or” relationship.

The “multiple” in the embodiments of the present disclosure refers totwo or more.

The description “first”, “second” or the like appearing in theembodiments of the present disclosure are only used to illustrate anddistinguish descripted objects, and do not mean an order. Thedescription “first”, “second” or the like do not limit the number ofdevices in the embodiments of the present disclosure, and do notconstitute any limitations to embodiments of the present disclosure.

The “connection” in the embodiment of the present disclosure refers tovarious connection modes such as direct connection or indirectconnection to realize communication between devices, which is notlimited in the embodiment of the present disclosure.

The “network” and “system” appearing in the embodiments of the presentdisclosure express the same concept, and a communication system means acommunication network.

FIG. 1 is a schematic flowchart of a service transmission methodaccording to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The servicetransmission method may be performed by a terminal, for example, a NRV2X UE. Specifically, the service transmission method may includefollowing S101 and S102.

In S101, receiving service configuration information, wherein theservice configuration information comprises a correspondence between aservice and a quantity of times of data transmission or a correspondencebetween the service and a quantity of times of data retransmission.

In S102, transmitting a candidate service data packet based on theservice configuration information.

More specifically, a base station (for example, NR gNB) may configureservice configuration information. The service configuration informationmay include a correspondence between a service and a quantity of timesof data transmission. Alternatively, the service configurationinformation may include a correspondence between the service and aquantity of times of data retransmission.

The base station may send the service configuration information to afirst terminal, for example, the first terminal is a sending terminal.

It should be noted that, the service may be characterized by at leastone of: LogicalChannel (called as LCH for short), LogicalChannel Group(called as LCG for short), Destination, Destination index, and Qualityof Service (called as QoS for short) parameter, which is not limited inthe present disclosure.

Specifically, in a case that the service is characterized by aLogicalChannel, the service configuration information includes acorrespondence between the LogicalChannel and a quantity of times ofdata transmission, or the service configuration information includes acorrespondence between the LogicalChannel and a quantity of times ofdata retransmission. In a case that the service is characterized by aspecific QoS parameter, the service configuration information includes acorrespondence between the QoS parameter and a quantity of times of datatransmission, or the service configuration information includes acorrespondence between the QoS parameter and a quantity of times of dataretransmission. In a case that the service is characterized by aLogicalChannel and a Destination, the service configuration informationincludes a correspondence between the LogicalChannel and the Destinationand a quantity of times of data transmission, or the serviceconfiguration information includes a correspondence between theLogicalChannel and the Destination and a quantity of times of dataretransmission.

Specifically, the Quality of Service parameter includes at least one ofthe following parameters: priority, delay budget, reliability, errorrate, and data rate.

In S101, the first terminal may receive the service configurationinformation from the base station, thereby knowing the correspondencebetween a service and a quantity of times of data transmission or thecorrespondence between the service and a quantity of times of dataretransmission.

In S102, the first terminal may transmit a candidate service data packetto a second terminal (for example, the second terminal is a receivingterminal) based on the service configuration information.

In a non-limiting embodiment, the base station configures thecorrespondence between a service and a quantity of times of transmissionthrough the service configuration information. For example, in a casethat the base station configures the quantity of times of transmissionof a first service to 1 through the service configuration information,it means that the data of the first service only needs to be transmittedonce.

In another non-limiting embodiment, the base station configures thecorrespondence between a service and a quantity of times ofretransmission through the service configuration information. Forexample, a case that the quantity of times of retransmission of thefirst service is 1 means that the data of the first service may beretransmitted once (that is, the first service may be transmitted twicein total).

Furthermore, the first terminal may maintain a counter, and use thecounter to record a quantity of times that the candidate service datapacket is transmitted.

The candidate service data packet may include one or more services, andthe one or more services may correspond to the same quantity of times ofdata transmission or the same quantity of times of data retransmission,or the one or more services may correspond to different quantities oftimes of data transmission or different quantities of times of dataretransmission.

In an embodiment, a count value of the counter may be initialized to 0when the candidate service data packet is transmitted for the firsttime; and the count value of the counter is increased by one when thecandidate service data packet is retransmitted once. The maximum countvalue of the counter may be (N-1). N represents a quantity of times oftransmission of the candidate service data packet. N is determined bythe quantity of times of data transmission corresponding to the serviceincluded in the candidate service data packet, N is a positive integer.In this counting mode, a case that the count value equals to N is takenas a preset condition.

In a modified embodiment, N=N1, N1 represents a quantity of times ofdata transmission corresponding to a service having a maximum of timesof data transmission among the services included in the candidateservice data packet.

In a modified embodiment, the count value of the counter may beinitialized to 0 when the candidate service data packet is transmittedfor the first time; and the count value of the counter is increased byone when the candidate service data packet is retransmitted once. Themaximum count value of the counter may be M. M represents a quantity oftimes of retransmission of the candidate service data packet. M isdetermined by the quantity of times of data retransmission correspondingto the service included in the candidate service data packet, M is apositive integer. In this counting mode, a case that the count valueequals to M is taken as a preset condition.

In a modified embodiment, M=M1, M1 represents a quantity of times ofdata retransmission corresponding to a service having a maximum of timesof data transmission among the services included in the candidateservice data packet.

In a modified embodiment, the count value of the counter may beinitialized to N when the candidate service data packet is transmittedfor the first time. N represents a quantity of times of transmission ofthe candidate service data packet. N is determined by the quantity oftimes of data transmission corresponding to the service included in thecandidate service data packet, N is a positive integer. The count valueof the counter is decreased by one when the candidate service datapacket is retransmitted once, until the count value of the counter isdecreased to 1. In this counting mode, a case that N is decreased to 1is taken as a preset condition.

In a modified embodiment, the count value of the counter may beinitialized to M when the candidate service data packet is transmittedfor the first time. The count value of the counter is decreased by onewhen the candidate service data packet is retransmitted once, until thecount value of the counter is decreased to 0. M represents a quantity oftimes of retransmission of the candidate service data packet. M isdetermined by the quantity of times of data transmission correspondingto the service included in the candidate service data packet, M is apositive integer. In this counting mode, a case that M is decreased to 0is taken as a preset condition.

Furthermore, in a case that an HARQ message is sent by the secondterminal to the base station and the count value of the counter meets apreset condition, the first terminal may instruct the second terminal tosend an ACK to the base station. It should be noted that, regardless ofwhether the second terminal successfully receives the candidate servicedata packet, the second terminal feeds back an ACK to the base stationin a case that the count value of the counter meets a preset condition.

In a modified embodiment, in a case that an HARQ message is sent by thefirst terminal to the base station and the count value of the countermeets a preset condition, regardless of whether the HARQ message fedback by the second terminal to the first terminal is an ACK or a NACK,the first terminal generates an ACK and sends the ACK to the basestation.

In a modified embodiment, in a case the count value of the counter meetsa preset condition, the first terminal empties an HARQ buffer occupiedby an HARQ process corresponding to the candidate service data packet.

In a modified embodiment, in a case that the count value of the countermeets a preset condition, if the first terminal determines that atransmission resource is a retransmission resource of an HARQ processcorresponding to the candidate service data packet, the first terminalreleases the transmission resource.

In a modified embodiment, in a case that the count value of the countermeets a preset condition, before sending the Sidelink ControlInformation (called as SCI for short) to the second terminal, a time gapbetween initial transmission and retransmission in the sidelink controlinformation is set to 0 or a time interval between a currenttransmission resource and a next new transmission resource.

It should be noted that, the time gap between initial transmission andretransmission may also be other time gaps used to characterize an timeinterval between the current transmission resource and a nexttransmission resource. Preferably, the current transmission resource andthe next transmission resource may be transmission resources belongingto the same HARQ process, which is not limited in the embodiment of thepresent disclosure.

FIG. 2 is a schematic flowchart of another service transmission methodaccording to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The servicetransmission method may be performed by a base station on the networkside, for example, an NR V2X gNB. Specifically, the service transmissionmethod may include the following S201 to S202.

In S201, configuring service configuration information, wherein theservice configuration information comprises a correspondence between aservice and a quantity of times of data transmission or a correspondencebetween the service and a quantity of times of data retransmission.

In S202, sending the service configuration information.

More specifically, the base station may configure the serviceconfiguration information for the service. The service configurationinformation may include a correspondence between a service and aquantity of times of data transmission or a correspondence between theservice and a quantity of times of data retransmission. Then the basestation sends the service configuration information. For example, thebase station sends the service configuration information to eachterminal.

Those skilled in the art understand that, S201 to S202 may be regardedas the method corresponding to S101 to S102 in the embodiment shown inFIG. 1. Specific implementation principles and logic of S201 to S202 andspecific implementation principles and logic of S101 to S102 arecomplementary. Therefore, for the explanation of the terms involved inthis embodiment, reference may be made to the related description of theembodiment shown in FIG. 1, which is not repeated here.

The signaling interaction between the first terminal, the secondterminal and the NR V2X base station according to the embodiment of thedisclosure are described below in conjunction with typical applicationscenarios.

In a typical application scenario, referring to FIG. 3, a process that abase station 1, a sending terminal 2 and a receiving terminal 3 use mode1 for data transmission and the receiving terminal 3 feeds back HARQinformation to the base station 1 may include following s1 to s5.

Firstly, the base station 1 performs the s1. That is, base station 1sends service configuration information to the sending terminal 2. Theservice configuration information may include a correspondence between aservice and a quantity of times of data transmission or a correspondencebetween the service and a quantity of times of data retransmission.

Secondly, the sending terminal 2 performs the s2. That is, afterreceiving the service configuration information, the sending terminal 2sends a candidate service data packet to the receiving terminal 3 basedon the service configuration information.

Thirdly, the sending terminal 2 performs the s3. That is, the sendingterminal 2 uses a counter to record the quantity of times that thecandidate service data packet is transmitted. During the countingprocess, the sending terminal 2 performs data reception and data sendingwith the receiving terminal 3 and the base station (not shown in thedrawing).

Then the sending terminal 2 performs the s4. That is, when the countermeets a preset condition, the sending terminal 2 instructs the receivingterminal 3 to send confirmation information to the base station 1. Thepreset condition refers to a case that the count value of the counter isequal to (N-1), N represents a quantity of times of transmission of thecandidate service data packet, N is determined by the quantity of timesof data transmission corresponding to the service included in thecandidate service data packet, N may equal to a quantity of times ofdata transmission corresponding to a service having a maximum of timesof data transmission among the services included in the candidateservice data packet, and N is a positive integer. Alternatively, thepreset condition refers to a case that the count value of the counter isequal to M, M represents a quantity of times of retransmission of thecandidate service data packet, M is determined by the quantity of timesof data retransmission corresponding to the service included in thecandidate service data packet, M may equal to a quantity of times ofdata retransmission corresponding to a service having a maximum of timesof data retransmission among the services included in the candidateservice data packet, and M is a positive integer. Alternatively, thepreset condition refers to a case that the count value of the counter isequal to 0 or 1. The preset condition is defined by an operation mode ofthe counter and the service configuration information.

Furthermore, regardless of whether the receiving terminal 3 receivescorrectly, the receiving terminal 3 performs the s5. That is, thereceiving terminal 3 generates a confirmation message, and sends thegenerated confirmation message to the base station 1.

For more details on the operation principles and operation modes of thebase station 1, the sending terminal 2 and the receiving terminal 3 inthe application scenario shown in FIG. 3, reference may be made to therelated descriptions for the foregoing FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, which are notrepeated here.

In a typical application scenario, referring to FIG. 4, a process that abase station 1, a sending terminal 2 and a receiving terminal 3 use mode1 for data transmission and the receiving terminal 3 feeds back HARQinformation to the sending terminal 2 for data transmission may includefollowing s1 to s5.

Firstly, the base station 1 performs the s1. That is, base station 1sends service configuration information to the sending terminal 2. Theservice configuration information may include a correspondence between aservice and a quantity of times of data transmission or a correspondencebetween the service and a quantity of times of data retransmission.

Secondly, the sending terminal 2 performs the s2. That is, afterreceiving the service configuration information, the sending terminal 2sends a candidate service data packet to the receiving terminal 3 basedon the service configuration information.

Thirdly, the sending terminal 2 performs the s3. That is, the sendingterminal 2 uses a counter to record the quantity of times that thecandidate service data packet is transmitted. During the countingprocess, the sending terminal 2 performs data reception and data sendingwith the receiving terminal 3 and the base station (not shown in thedrawing).

Then the sending terminal 2 performs the s4. That is, when the countermeets a preset condition, the sending terminal 2 receives an HARQmessage sent from the receiving terminal 3. The meaning of the presetcondition may be referred to the above, and is not be repeated here.

Furthermore, the sending terminal 2 performs the s5. That is, regardlessof whether the HARQ message sent by the receiving terminal 3 is an ACK,the sending terminal 2 generates an ACK and sends the ACK to the basestation 1.

For more details on the operation principles and operation modes of thebase station 1, the sending terminal 2 and the receiving terminal 3 inthe application scenario shown in FIG. 4, reference may be made to therelated descriptions for the foregoing FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, which are notrepeated here.

It can be seen from above that, when V2X communication is performed bythe technical solutions provided by the embodiments of the presentdisclosure, redundant retransmissions can be effectively avoided, and aresource utilization can be improved.

FIG. 5 is a schematic flowchart of a signaling sending method accordingto an embodiment of the present disclosure. The signaling sending methodmay be performed by a terminal, for example, a NR V2X UE. Specifically,the signaling sending method may include the following S501 to S502.

In S501, determine a reliability requirement of a candidate service datapacket based on a reliability requirement of each service included inthe candidate service data packet.

In S502, send the reliability requirement of the candidate service datapacket.

More specifically, in S501, the sending terminal knows which servicesare included in the candidate service data packet and the reliabilityrequirement of each service, therefore the sending terminal candetermine the reliability requirement of the candidate service datapacket based on a reliability requirement of each service included inthe candidate service data packet.

In an embodiment, the reliability requirement of the candidate servicedata packet is a highest reliability requirement among reliabilityrequirements of all services included in the candidate service datapacket. That is, the reliability requirement of the candidate servicedata packet is a reliability requirement of a service having a highestreliability requirement among all services included in the candidateservice data packet.

In S502, the sending terminal may send the reliability requirement ofthe candidate service data packet.

In an embodiment, if a receiving terminal directly reports an HARQmessage to a base station, the sending terminal may send the reliabilityrequirement of the candidate service data packet to the receivingterminal based on the SCI.

The receiving terminal may receive the reliability requirement of thecandidate service data packet based on the SCI, and may also send thereliability requirement of the candidate service data packet to the basestation when the receiving terminal sends an HARQ feedback message tothe base station, so that the base station may determine whether toschedule a retransmission resource for the candidate service data packetbased on the reliability requirement of the candidate service datapacket.

In a modified embodiment, the receiving terminal may determine an HARQfeedback resource to be used by the HARQ feedback message based on apre-configured mapping relationship between HARQ feedback resources andreliability requirements, and send the HARQ feedback message to the basestation by the determined HARQ feedback resource, so that the basestation may determine whether to schedule a retransmission resource forthe candidate service data packet based on the pre-configured mappingrelationship between HARQ feedback resources and reliabilityrequirements. Those skilled in the art understand that, if the HARQfeedback message is an ACK, the receiving terminal may not need toforward the reliability requirement of the candidate service datapacket.

Those skilled in the art understand that, in V2X communication,different services may be represented by different service identifiers,such as at least one of LogicalChannel, LogicalChannel Group,Destination and Destination index. Each service identifier correspondsto one reliability requirement. Therefore, in an embodiment, the sendingterminal may determine a service identifier of the candidate servicedata packet after determining the candidate service data packet, andsend the service identifier to the receiving terminal.

Specifically, the service identifier of the candidate service datapacket may be a service identifier of a service having a highestreliability requirement among all services included in the candidateservice data packet, and the service identifier of the candidate servicedata packet may also be service identifiers of multiple services havinga highest reliability requirement among all services included in thecandidate service data packet, which is not limited in the presentdisclosure.

Then, the receiving terminal may send an HARQ feedback message to thebase station. The receiving terminal may send the service identifier ofthe candidate service data packet to the base station when the receivingterminal sends the HARQ feedback message to the base station, so thatthe base station determines the reliability requirement of the candidateservice data packet.

In a modified embodiment, the receiving terminal may determine an HARQfeedback resource to be used by the HARQ feedback message based on apre-configured mapping relationship between service identifiers and HARQfeedback resources, and send the HARQ feedback message to the basestation by the determined HARQ feedback resource, so that the basestation may determine whether to schedule a retransmission resource forthe candidate service data packet based on the pre-configured mappingrelationship between service identifiers and HARQ feedback resources.

In an embodiment, if the receiving terminal cannot directly report theHARQ message to the base station, the sending terminal may send thereliability requirement of the candidate service data packet to the basestation. Specifically, after determining the reliability requirement ofthe candidate service data packet and receiving the HARQ feedbackmessage sent by the receiving terminal, the sending terminal may sendthe reliability requirement of the candidate service data packet to thebase station when the sending terminal forwards the HARQ feedbackmessage to the base station, so that the base station may determinewhether to schedule a retransmission resource for the candidate servicedata packet based on the reliability requirement of the candidateservice data packet.

In a modified embodiment, if the receiving terminal cannot directlyreport the HARQ message to the base station, the sending terminal mayfirst determine the service identifier of the candidate service datapacket, then send the service identifier of the candidate service datapacket to the base station.

Specifically, after determining the service identifier of the candidateservice data packet and receiving the HARQ feedback message sent by thereceiving terminal, the sending terminal may forward the HARQ feedbackmessage to the base station and send the service identifier of thecandidate service data packet to the base station, so that the basestation may determine whether to schedule a retransmission resource forthe candidate service data packet based on the service identifier of thecandidate service data packet.

FIG. 6 is a schematic flowchart of a signaling receiving methodaccording to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The signalingreceiving method may be performed by a terminal, for example, a NR V2Xterminal. Specifically, the signaling receiving method may include thefollowing S601 to S602.

In S601, receive a reliability requirement of a candidate service datapacket sent by a sending terminal, where the reliability requirement ofthe candidate service data packet is determined by the sending terminalbased on a reliability requirement of each service included in thecandidate service data packet.

In S602, send the reliability requirement of the candidate service datapacket to the base station when an HARQ feedback message is sent to thebase station.

More specifically, in S601, the receiving terminal may receive thereliability requirement of the candidate service data packet from thesending terminal, the reliability requirement of the candidate servicedata packet is determined by the sending terminal based on thereliability requirement of each service included in the candidateservice data packet.

In an embodiment, the receiving terminal may receive, based on sidelinkcontrol information, the reliability requirement of the candidateservice data packet sent by the sending terminal.

In an embodiment, the reliability requirement of the candidate servicedata packet may refer to the service identifier of the candidate servicedata packet. In this case, what the receiving terminal receives is theservice identifier of the candidate service data packet sent by thesending terminal.

In S602, the receiving terminal may send an HARQ feedback message to thebase station, and also send the reliability requirement of the candidateservice data packet to the base station.

Alternatively, the receiving terminal may send the service identifier ofthe candidate service data packet to the base station when the receivingterminal sends the the HARQ feedback message to the base station, sothat the base station determines the reliability requirement of thecandidate service data packet, and the base station further determineswhether to schedule a retransmission resource for the candidate servicedata packet.

In an embodiment, the receiving terminal may determine an HARQ feedbackresource to be used by the HARQ feedback message based on apre-configured mapping relationship between HARQ feedback resources andreliability requirements. Then the receiving terminal may send the HARQfeedback message to the base station by the determined HARQ feedbackresource. Then the base station may determine whether to schedule aretransmission resource for the candidate service data packet based onthe pre-configured mapping relationship between HARQ feedback resourcesand reliability requirements.

In a modified embodiment, the receiving terminal may determine an HARQfeedback resource to be used by the HARQ feedback message based on apre-configured mapping relationship between service identifiers and HARQfeedback resources. Then the receiving terminal may send the HARQfeedback message to the base station by the determined HARQ feedbackresource. Then the base station may determine whether to schedule aretransmission resource for the candidate service data packet based onthe pre-configured mapping relationship between service identifiers andHARQ feedback resources.

The signaling interaction between the sending terminal, the receivingterminal and the NR V2X base station according to the embodiment of thedisclosure are described below in conjunction with typical applicationscenarios.

In a typical application scenario, referring to FIG. 7, a process that abase station 1, a receiving terminal 2 and a sending terminal 3 use mode1 for data transmission and the receiving terminal 2 feeds back HARQinformation to the base station 1 may include following s1 to s4.

Firstly, the sending terminal 3 performs the s1. That is, the sendingterminal 3 determines a reliability requirement of a candidate servicedata packet based on a reliability requirement of each service includedin the candidate service data packet.

Secondly, the sending terminal 3 performs the s2. That is, the sendingterminal 3 sends the reliability requirement of the candidate servicedata packet to the receiving terminal 2. The reliability requirement ofthe candidate service data packet may be transmitted based on the SCI.In an embodiment, the reliability requirement of the candidate servicedata packet is indicated by the service identifier of the candidateservice data packet.

Then the sending terminal 3 performs the s3. That is, the sendingterminal 3 sends the candidate service data packet to the receivingterminal 2.

Furthermore, the receiving terminal 2 performs the s4. That is, thereceiving terminal 2 receives the candidate service data packet, andsends the HARQ feedback message of the candidate service data packet tothe base station 1. The receiving terminal 2 forwards the reliabilityrequirement of the candidate service data packet when the receivingterminal 2 sends the HARQ feedback message. In an embodiment, thereceiving terminal 2 forwards the service identifier of the candidateservice data packet when the receiving terminal 2 sends the HARQfeedback message.

For more details on the operation principles and operation modes of thebase station 1, the receiving terminal 2 and the sending terminal 3 inthe application scenario shown in FIG. 7, reference may be made to therelated descriptions for the foregoing FIG. 5 and FIG. 6, which are notrepeated here.

In another typical application scenario, referring to FIG. 8, a processthat a base station 1, a receiving terminal 2 and a sending terminal 3use mode 1 for data transmission and the receiving terminal 2 feeds backHARQ information to the sending terminal 3 may include following s1 tos4.

Firstly, the sending terminal 3 performs the s1. That is, the sendingterminal 3 determines a reliability requirement of a candidate servicedata packet based on a reliability requirement of each service includedin the candidate service data packet. In an embodiment, the reliabilityrequirement of the candidate service data packet is indicated by theservice identifier of the candidate service data packet.

Secondly, the sending terminal 3 performs the s2. That is, the sendingterminal 3 sends the candidate service data packet to the receivingterminal 2.

Then the receiving terminal 2 performs the s3. That is, the receivingterminal 2 sends the HARQ feedback message of the candidate service datapacket to the sending terminal 3.

Furthermore, the sending terminal 3 performs the s4. That is, thesending terminal 3 forwards the HARQ feedback message to the basestation 1, and sends the reliability requirement of the candidateservice data packet or the service identifier of the candidate servicedata packet to the base station 1.

For more details on the operation principles and operation modes of thebase station 1, the receiving terminal 2 and the sending terminal 3 inthe application scenario shown in FIG. 8, reference may be made to therelated descriptions for the foregoing FIG. 5 and FIG. 6, which are notrepeated here.

It can be seen form the above content that, according to the technicalsolutions provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure, thebase station may determine whether to schedule a retransmission resourcefor the candidate service data packet according to the reliabilityrequirement of the received candidate service data packet, therebyreducing redundant data retransmissions and improving a resourceutilization.

FIG. 9 is a schematic flowchart of a method for updating an HARQ bufferaccording to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The method may beperformed by a terminal. Specifically, the method may include thefollowing S901 to S902.

In S901, determine an HARQ process status of a candidate service datapacket.

In S902, empty an HARQ buffer occupied by an HARQ process correspondingto the candidate service data packet, in a case that the HARQ processstatus of the candidate service data packet is ACK.

More specifically, in S901, the first terminal may determine whether theHARQ process status of the candidate service data packet is ACK. In anaffirmative determination, S902 is performed. That is, in a case thatthe HARQ process status of the candidate service data packet is ACK, thefirst terminal may empty an HARQ buffer occupied by an HARQ processcorresponding to the candidate service data packet.

Furthermore, in a case that the HARQ process status of the candidateservice data packet is ACK, the first terminal may set a time gapbetween initial transmission and retransmission in the SCI to 0 or atime interval between a current transmission resource and a next newtransmission resource. Then the first terminal may send the SCI.

Furthermore, in a case that the HARQ process status of the candidateservice data packet is ACK, the first terminal may release, if atransmission resource is a retransmission resource of an HARQ processcorresponding to the candidate service data packet, the transmissionresource.

Those skilled in the art understand that, the first terminal may releasethe transmission resource first, and then set the time gap in the SCI.The sequence of releasing the transmission resource and setting the timegap in the SCI is not limited in the embodiment of the presentdisclosure.

FIG. 10 is a schematic structural diagram of a service transmissiondevice according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The servicetransmission device 1 may implement the method technical solution shownin FIG. 1. The service transmission device 1 may be implemented as aterminal, for example, a NR V2X terminal.

Specifically, the service transmission device 1 may include: a receivingcircuitry 101 configured to receive service configuration information,where the service configuration information includes a correspondencebetween a service and a quantity of times of data transmission or acorrespondence between the service and a quantity of times of dataretransmission; a configuration circuitry 102 configured to transmit acandidate service data packet based on the service configurationinformation.

In an embodiment, the service transmission device 1 may further includea recording circuitry 103 configured to record, by a counter, a quantityof times that the candidate service data packet is transmitted.

In an embodiment, the recording circuitry 103 may include: a settingsub-circuitry 1031 configured to set a count value of the counter to 0when the candidate service data packet is transmitted for the firsttime; and an increasing sub-circuitry 1032 configured to increase thecount value of the counter by one when the candidate service data packetis retransmitted once.

In an embodiment, the service configuration information includes thecorrespondence between a service and a quantity of times of datatransmission, and the recording circuitry 103 may be configured to:determine a maximum of times of transmission of the candidate servicedata packet based on the correspondence between a service and a quantityof times of data transmission; set a count value of the counter to themaximum of times of transmission when the candidate service data packetis transmitted for the first time; and decrease the count value of thecounter by one when the candidate service data packet is retransmittedonce.

In an embodiment, the service configuration information includes thecorrespondence between a service and a quantity of times of dataretransmission, and the recording circuitry 103 may be configured to:determine a maximum of times of retransmission of the candidate servicedata packet based on the correspondence between a service and a quantityof times of data retransmission; set a count value of the counter to themaximum of times of retransmission when the candidate service datapacket is transmitted for the first time; and decrease the count valueof the counter by one when the candidate service data packet isretransmitted once.

In an embodiment, the service transmission device 1 may further includean instruction generating circuitry 104 configured to: instruct areceiving terminal to send confirmation information to a base station,to make the receiving terminal send confirmation information generatedby the receiving terminal to the base station, in a case that the countvalue of the counter meets a preset condition; or generate confirmationinformation and send the confirmation information to the base station,in a case that the count value of the counter meets the presetcondition.

In an embodiment, the service transmission device 1 may further includean emptying circuitry 105 configured to: empty an HARQ buffer occupiedby an HARQ process corresponding to the candidate service data packet,in a case that the count value of the counter meets a preset condition.

In an embodiment, the service transmission device 1 may further includean releasing circuitry 106 configured to: release, if a transmissionresource is a retransmission resource of an HARQ process correspondingto the candidate service data packet, the transmission resource in acase that the count value of the counter meets a preset condition.

In an embodiment, the service transmission device 1 may further includea sending circuitry 107 configured to: send sidelink control informationto a receiving terminal.

In an embodiment, the service transmission device 1 may further includea setting circuitry 108 configured to: before sending the sidelinkcontrol information to the receiving terminal, set a time gap betweeninitial transmission and retransmission in the sidelink controlinformation to 0 or a time interval between a current transmissionresource and a next new transmission resource in a case that the countvalue of the counter meets a preset condition.

For more details on the operation principles and operation modes of theservice transmission device 1, reference may be made to the relateddescriptions for the foregoing FIG. 1, which are not repeated here.

FIG. 11 is a schematic structural diagram of a device for sendingservice configuration according to an embodiment of the presentdisclosure. The device for sending service configuration 2 (hereinafterreferred to as the device 2 for short) may be used to implement themethod technical solution shown in FIG. 2. The device 2 may beimplemented as a base station, for example, NR V2X gNB.

Specifically, the device 2 may include: a configuration circuitry 201configured to configure service configuration information, where theservice configuration information includes a correspondence between aservice and a quantity of times of data transmission or a correspondencebetween the service and a quantity of times of data retransmission; anda sending circuitry 202 configured to send the service configurationinformation.

For more details on the operation principles and operation modes of thedevice 2, reference may be made to the related descriptions for theforegoing FIG. 2, which are not repeated here.

FIG. 12 is a schematic structural diagram of a signaling sending deviceaccording to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The signalingsending device 3 may implement the method technical solution shown inFIG. 5. The signaling sending device 3 may be implemented as a terminal,for example, a NR V2X terminal.

Specifically, the signaling sending device 3 may include: a determiningcircuitry 301 configured to determine a reliability requirement of acandidate service data packet based on a reliability requirement of eachservice included in the candidate service data packet; and a sendingcircuitry 302 configured to send the reliability requirement of thecandidate service data packet.

In an embodiment, the sending circuitry 302 may include a first sendingsub-circuitry 3021 configured to send the reliability requirement of thecandidate service data packet based on sidelink control information.

In an embodiment, the signaling sending device 3 may further include agenerating circuitry 303 configured to: before sending the reliabilityrequirement of the candidate service data packet, take a highestreliability requirement among reliability requirements of all servicesincluded in the candidate service data packet as the reliabilityrequirement of the candidate service data packet.

In an embodiment, the sending circuitry 302 may include: a firstdetermining sub-circuitry 3022 configured to determine a serviceidentifier of the candidate service data packet; and a second sendingsub-circuitry 3023 configured to send the service identifier of thecandidate service data packet.

In a modified embodiment, the sending circuitry 302 may include a firstforwarding sub-circuitry 3024 configured to: if the first forwardingsub-circuitry forwards a HARQ feedback message of a receiving terminalto a base station, send the reliability requirement of the candidateservice data packet to the base station when the first forwardingsub-circuitry forwards the HARQ feedback message to the base station.

In a modified embodiment, the sending circuitry 302 may include: asecond determining sub-circuitry 3025 configured to determine a serviceidentifier of the candidate service data packet; a second forwardingsub-circuitry 3026 configured to, if the second forwarding sub-circuitryforwards a HARQ feedback message of a receiving terminal to a basestation, send the service identifier of the candidate service datapacket to the base station when the second forwarding sub-circuitryforwards HARQ feedback message to the base station, to make the basestation determine the reliability requirement of the candidate servicedata packet.

For more details on the operation principles and operation modes of thesignaling sending device 3, reference may be made to the relateddescriptions for the foregoing FIG. 5, which are not repeated here.

FIG. 13 is a schematic structural diagram of a signaling receivingdevice according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. Thesignaling receiving device 4 may be used to implement the methodtechnical solution shown in FIG. 6. The signaling receiving device 4 maybe implemented as a terminal, for example, a NR V2X terminal.

Specifically, the signaling receiving device 4 may include: a receivingcircuitry 401 configured to receive a reliability requirement of acandidate service data packet sent by a sending terminal, where thereliability requirement of the candidate service data packet isdetermined by the sending terminal based on a reliability requirement ofeach service included in the candidate service data packet; and asending circuitry 402 configured to send the reliability requirement ofthe candidate service data packet to the base station when the sendingcircuitry sends an HARQ feedback message to the base station.

In an embodiment, the receiving circuitry 401 may include a firstreceiving sub-circuitry 4011 configured to receive, based on sidelinkcontrol information, the reliability requirement of the candidateservice data packet sent by the sending terminal.

In an optional embodiment, the reliability requirement of the candidateservice data packet is a highest reliability requirement amongreliability requirements of all services included in the candidateservice data packet.

In an embodiment, the receiving circuitry 401 may include a secondreceiving sub-circuitry 4012 configured to receive a service identifierof the candidate service data packet sent by the sending terminal.

In an embodiment, the sending circuitry 402 may include a first sendingsub-circuitry 4021 configured to: send the service identifier of thecandidate service data packet to the base station when the first sendingsub-circuitry sends the HARQ feedback message to the base station, tomake the base station determine the reliability requirement of thecandidate service data packet.

In an embodiment, the sending circuitry 402 may include: a firstdetermining sub-circuitry 4022 configured to determine an HARQ feedbackresource to be used by the HARQ feedback message based on apre-configured mapping relationship between HARQ feedback resources andreliability requirements; and a second sending sub-circuitry 4023configured to send the HARQ feedback message to the base station by thedetermined HARQ feedback resource.

In an embodiment, the sending circuitry 402 may include: a seconddetermining sub-circuitry 4024 configured to determine an HARQ feedbackresource to be used by the HARQ feedback message based on apre-configured mapping relationship between service identifiers and HARQfeedback resources; and a third sending sub-circuitry 4025 configured tosend the HARQ feedback message to the base station by the determinedHARQ feedback resource.

For more details on the operation principles and operation modes of thesignaling receiving device 4, reference may be made to the relateddescriptions for the foregoing FIG. 6, which are not repeated here.

FIG. 14 is a schematic structural diagram of a device for updating anHARQ buffer according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. Thedevice for updating an HARQ buffer 5 (hereinafter referred to as thedevice 5 for short) may be implemented as a terminal, for example, a V2XUE.

Specifically, the device 5 may include: a determining circuitry 501configured to determine an HARQ process status of a candidate servicedata packet; and an emptying circuitry 502 configured to empty an HARQbuffer occupied by an HARQ process corresponding to the candidateservice data packet, in a case that the HARQ process status of thecandidate service data packet is ACK.

Furthermore, the device 5 may further include: a setting circuitry 503configured to set a time gap between initial transmission andretransmission in the SCI to 0 or a time interval between a currenttransmission resource and a next new transmission resource, in a casethat the HARQ process status of the candidate service data packet isACK; and a sending circuitry 504 configured to send the SCI.

Furthermore, the device 5 may further include: a releasing circuitry 505configured to release, if a transmission resource is a retransmissionresource of an HARQ process corresponding to the candidate service datapacket, the transmission resource in a case that the HARQ process statusof the candidate service data packet is ACK.

Furthermore, a storage medium is provided according to an embodiment ofthe present disclosure. The storage medium stores computer instructions.The computer instructions, when the computer instructions are executed,perform the method technical solutions in the embodiments shown in FIG.1 and FIG. 2 or the method technical solutions in the embodiments shownin FIG. 5, FIG. 6 and FIG. 9. Preferably, the storage medium may includea computer-readable storage medium. The storage medium may include ROM,RAM, magnetic disk or optical disk, etc.

Furthermore, a terminal is provided according to an embodiment of thepresent disclosure. The terminal includes a memory and a processor. Thememory stores computer instructions capable of being executed on theprocessor. The processor performs, when the computer instructions areexecuted by the processor, the method technical solution in theembodiments shown in FIG. 1 or FIG. 5 or FIG. 6 or FIG. 9. Preferably,the terminal may interact with the base station and other terminals.Specifically, the terminal may be an NR V2X terminal.

Furthermore, a base station is provided according to an embodiment ofthe present disclosure. The base station includes a memory and aprocessor. The memory stores computer instructions capable of beingexecuted on the processor. The processor performs, when the computerinstructions are executed by the processor, the method technicalsolution in the embodiments shown in FIG. 2. In an embodiment, the basestation may be an NR V2X base station.

It should be understood that, in embodiments of the present disclosure,the processor may be a Central Processing Unit (called as CPU forshort), and the processor may also be other general-purpose processorsor a Digital Signal Processor (called as DSP for short), an ApplicationSpecific Integrated Circuit (called as ASIC for short), a FieldProgrammable Gate Array (called as FPGA for short) or other programmablelogic devices, a discrete gate or a transistor logic device, a discretehardware component, etc. The general-purpose processor may be amicroprocessor or any conventional processor or the like.

It should also be understood that the memory in the embodiments of thepresent disclosure may be a volatile memory or a non-volatile memory, ormay include both a volatile and a non-volatile memory. The non-volatilememory may be a Read-Only Memory (called as ROM for short), aProgrammable ROM (called as PROM for short), and an Erasable PROM(called as EPROM for short), an Electrically EPROM (called as EEPROM forshort) or a flash memory. The volatile memory may be a Random AccessMemory (called as RAM for short), which is used as an external cache. Byway of exemplary but not restrictive description, many forms of RandomAccess Memory (called as RAM for short) are available, such as a StaticRAM (called as SRAM for short) and a Dynamic Random Access Memory(called as DRAM for short), a Synchronous DRAM (called as SDRAM forshort), a Double Data Rate SDRAM (called as DDR SDRAM for short), anEnhanced SDRAM (called as ESDRAM for short), a Synchronous connection toDRAM (called as SLDRAM for short) and a Direct Rambus RAM (called asDR-RAM for short).

The foregoing embodiments may be implemented entirely or partially bysoftware, hardware, firmware or any combination thereof. When theembodiments are implemented by software, all or some of the embodimentsmay be implemented in a form of a computer program product. The computerprogram product includes one or more computer instructions or computerprograms. When the computer instructions or computer programs are loadedand executed on a computer, all or some of the processes or functionsaccording to the embodiments of the present disclosure are produced. Thecomputer may be a general-purpose computer, a special-purpose computer,a computer network, or another programmable apparatus. The computerinstructions may be stored in a computer readable storage medium or maybe transmitted from a computer readable storage medium to anothercomputer readable storage medium. For example, the computer instructionsmay be transmitted from a website, a computer, server, or a data centerto another website, computer, server, or data center in a wired (forexample, infrared, radio, or microwave) manner. The computer readablestorage medium may be any available medium capable of being accessed bya computer or may be a data storage device including one or moreavailable medium, such as a server and a data center. The availablemedium may be a magnetic medium (for example, a floppy disk, a harddisk, or a magnetic tape), an optical medium (for example, a DVD), asemiconductor medium. The semiconductor medium may be a solid state harddisk.

It should be understood that, serial numbers of the processes in theforegoing embodiments of the disclosure do not refer to a sequenceaccording to which the methods are performed. The sequence according towhich the methods are performed is determined by functions and internallogic thereof, and should not constitute any limitation on theimplementation process of the embodiments of the present disclosure.

In the embodiments according to the present disclosure, it should beunderstood that the disclosed method, device and system may beimplemented in other ways. For example, the device embodiments describedabove are only exemplary. For example, the division of the units is onlya logical function division. There may be other division methods inpractical application, for example, multiple units or components may becombined or integrated into another system, or some features may bedisregarded or not implemented. In addition, the mutual coupling, directcoupling, communication connection shown or discussed may be indirectcoupling or communication connection via some interfaces, devices orunits, and may be in an electrical form, a mechanical form or otherforms.

The above units described as separate components may be or may be notseparated physically. The component displayed as a unit may be or may benot a physical unit, that is, may be located at one place or may bedistributed on multiple network units. The object of the solution of theembodiments may be achieved by selecting a part or all of the unitsaccording to the actual requirements.

In addition, function units according to embodiments of the presentdisclosure may be integrated into one processing unit, or the units arephysically independent from each other, or two or more units areintegrated into one unit. The integrated unit described above may berealized with hardware, or may be realized by hardware plus a softwarefunction unit.

The above-mentioned integrated unit implemented in the form of asoftware functional unit may be stored in a computer readable storagemedium. The above-mentioned software functional unit is stored in astorage medium, and includes several instructions to enable a computerdevice (which may be a personal computer, a server, or a network device,etc.) to perform some parts of the method described in each embodimentof the present disclosure. The afore mentioned storage medium includesvarious medium which can store program code, such as a U disk, a mobilehard disk, a Read-Only Memory (called as ROM for short), a Random AccessMemory (called as RAM for short), a magnetic disk or an optical disk.

Although the present disclosure is disclosed as above, the presentdisclosure is not limited thereto. Any person skilled in the art canmake various changes and modifications without departing from the spiritand scope of the present disclosure. Therefore, the protection scope ofthe present disclosure should be defined by the claims.

1. A method for service transmission, comprising: receiving serviceconfiguration information, wherein the service configuration informationcomprises a correspondence between a service and a quantity of times ofdata transmission or a correspondence between the service and a quantityof times of data retransmission; and transmitting a candidate servicedata packet based on the service configuration information.
 2. Themethod according to claim 1, further comprising: recording, by acounter, a quantity of times that the candidate service data packet istransmitted.
 3. The method according to claim 2, wherein said recording,by a counter, a quantity of times that the candidate service data packetis transmitted comprises: setting a count value of the counter to 0 whenthe candidate service data packet is transmitted for the first time; andincreasing the count value of the counter by one when the candidateservice data packet is retransmitted once.
 4. The method according toclaim 2, wherein the service configuration information comprises thecorrespondence between a service and a quantity of times of datatransmission, and the recording, by a counter, a quantity of times thatthe candidate service data packet is transmitted comprises: determininga maximum of times of transmission of the candidate service data packetbased on the correspondence between a service and a quantity of times ofdata transmission; setting a count value of the counter to the maximumof times of transmission when the candidate service data packet istransmitted for the first time; and decreasing the count value of thecounter by one when the candidate service data packet is retransmittedonce.
 5. The method according to claim 2, wherein the serviceconfiguration information comprises the correspondence between a serviceand a quantity of times of data retransmission, and the recording, by acounter, a quantity of times that the candidate service data packet istransmitted comprises: determining a maximum of times of retransmissionof the candidate service data packet based on the correspondence betweena service and a quantity of times of data retransmission; setting acount value of the counter to the maximum of times of retransmissionwhen the candidate service data packet is transmitted for the firsttime; and decreasing the count value of the counter by one when thecandidate service data packet is retransmitted once.
 6. The methodaccording to claim 2, further comprising: instructing a receivingterminal to send confirmation information to a base station, to make thereceiving terminal send confirmation information generated by thereceiving terminal to the base station, on the basis that the countvalue of the counter meets a preset condition; or generatingconfirmation information and sending the confirmation information to thebase station, on the basis that the count value of the counter meets thepreset condition.
 7. The method according to claim 2, furthercomprising: emptying an HARQ buffer occupied by an HARQ processcorresponding to the candidate service data packet, on the basis thatthe count value of the counter meets a preset condition.
 8. The methodaccording to claim 2, further comprising: releasing, if a transmissionresource is a retransmission resource of an HARQ process correspondingto the candidate service data packet, the transmission resource on thebasis that the count value of the counter meets a preset condition. 9.The method according to claim 2, further comprising: sending sidelinkcontrol information to a receiving terminal.
 10. The method according toclaim 9, wherein prior to sending the sidelink control information tothe receiving terminal, the service transmission method furthercomprises: setting a time gap between initial transmission andretransmission in the sidelink control information to 0 or a timeinterval between a current transmission resource and a next newtransmission resource, on a basis that the count value of the countermeets a preset condition.
 11. A method for sending serviceconfiguration, comprising: configuring service configurationinformation, wherein the service configuration information comprises acorrespondence between a service and a quantity of times of datatransmission or a correspondence between the service and a quantity oftimes of data retransmission; and sending the service configurationinformation.
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 14. A non-transitory storagemedium storing one or more programs, the one or more programs comprisingcomputer instructions, which, when executed by a processor, cause theprocessor to: receiving service configuration information, wherein theservice configuration information comprises a correspondence between aservice and a quantity of times of data transmission or a correspondencebetween the service and a quantity of times of data retransmission; andtransmitting a candidate service data packet based on the serviceconfiguration information.
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 17. Thenon-transitory storage medium according to claim 14, further comprising:recording, by a counter, a quantity of times that the candidate servicedata packet is transmitted.
 18. The non-transitory storage mediumaccording to claim 15, wherein said recording, by a counter, a quantityof times that the candidate service data packet is transmittedcomprises: setting a count value of the counter to 0 when the candidateservice data packet is transmitted for the first time; and increasingthe count value of the counter by one when the candidate service datapacket is retransmitted once.
 19. The non-transitory storage mediumaccording to claim 15, wherein the service configuration informationcomprises the correspondence between a service and a quantity of timesof data transmission, and the recording, by a counter, a quantity oftimes that the candidate service data packet is transmitted comprises:determining a maximum of times of transmission of the candidate servicedata packet based on the correspondence between a service and a quantityof times of data transmission; setting a count value of the counter tothe maximum of times of transmission when the candidate service datapacket is transmitted for the first time; and decreasing the count valueof the counter by one when the candidate service data packet isretransmitted once.
 20. The non-transitory storage medium according toclaim 15, further comprising: instructing a receiving terminal to sendconfirmation information to a base station, to make the receivingterminal send confirmation information generated by the receivingterminal to the base station, on the basis that the count value of thecounter meets a preset condition; or generating confirmation informationand sending the confirmation information to the base station, on thebasis that the count value of the counter meets the preset condition.21. The non-transitory storage medium according to claim 15, furthercomprising: emptying an HARQ buffer occupied by an HARQ processcorresponding to the candidate service data packet, on the basis thatthe count value of the counter meets a preset condition.
 22. Thenon-transitory storage medium according to claim 15, further comprising:releasing, if a transmission resource is a retransmission resource of anHARQ process corresponding to the candidate service data packet, thetransmission resource on the basis that the count value of the countermeets a preset condition.
 23. The non-transitory storage mediumaccording to claim 15, further comprising: sending sidelink controlinformation to a receiving terminal.
 24. The non-transitory storagemedium according to claim 23, wherein before sending the sidelinkcontrol information to the receiving terminal, the service transmissionmethod further comprises: setting a time gap between initialtransmission and retransmission in the sidelink control information to 0or a time interval between a current transmission resource and a nextnew transmission resource, on a basis that the count value of thecounter meets a preset condition.